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• Administration seeks ways to tame corporate pay (AP)
• Elderly gunman kills guard at Holocaust Museum (AP)
• Shooting suspect's history of seething anger (AP)
• Holocaust Museum no stranger to anti-Semitism (AP)
• Who's talking to North Korea? (Politico)
• No more federal bucks planned for GM, Chrysler (AP)
• House members' finances reflect downturn (AP)
• Possible compromise emerges in health care debate (AP)
• Officials want more pressure on human trafficking (AP)
• Huckabee warns Republicans against 'mushy middle' (AP)
• Obama shocked by Holocaust shooting (AP)
• Holocaust Museum to close in slain guard's honor (AP)
• Matthews thanks McAuliffe for test case (Politico)
• Democrats to let detainees in U.S. for trial: aides (Reuters)
• Senate Panel To Vote on Federal Election Commission Nominee (CQPolitics.com)
• Minn. court orders Coleman to pay $95K to Franken (AP)
• Senators urge FAA to adopt safety recommendation (AP)
• Mich., Tenn., Wis., compete to build GM small car (AP)

Administration seeks ways to tame corporate pay (AP) Posted: 10 Jun 2009 04:05 PM PDT AP - Talking tough but stepping gently, the Obama administration rejected direct intervention in corporate pay decisions Wednesday even as officials argued that excessive compensation in the private sector contributed to the nation's financial crisis. Instead, the administration plans to seek legislation that would try to tame compensation at publicly traded companies through shareholder pressure and less management influence on pay decisions.

Elderly gunman kills guard at Holocaust Museum (AP) Posted: 10 Jun 2009 05:05 PM PDT AP - An 88-year-old gunman with a violent and virulently anti-Semitic past opened fire with a rifle inside the crowded U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum on Wednesday, fatally wounding a security guard before being shot himself by other officers, authorities said.

Shooting suspect's history of seething anger (AP) Posted: 10 Jun 2009 04:56 PM PDT AP - A frustrated artist and an angry man, the suspect in the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum shooting once tried to kidnap members of the Federal Reserve board, a "caper" thwarted when a guard captured him outside a board meeting carrying a bag stuffed with weapons.

Holocaust Museum no stranger to anti-Semitism (AP) Posted: 10 Jun 2009 04:23 PM PDT AP - From its inception, the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum has brought haters to its doors, with several dozen people protesting the 1993 dedication carrying signs such as, "Stop the big lie — the gas chamber hoax!"

Who's talking to North Korea? (Politico) Posted: 10 Jun 2009 03:08 PM PDT Politico - In the opaque, dangerous days after North Korea sentenced two American journalists to 12 years’ hard labor, the White House faced the challenge of fashioning a response that doesn’t raise the tension level with the volatile hermit nation with a burgeoning nuclear weapons program.

No more federal bucks planned for GM, Chrysler (AP) Posted: 10 Jun 2009 02:32 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama's auto task force told skeptical lawmakers Wednesday the government had no plans to pump more dollars into General Motors and Chrysler and that the public had a "reasonable probability" of getting its money back.

House members' finances reflect downturn (AP) Posted: 10 Jun 2009 04:43 PM PDT AP - House members and their families suffered through investment losses like millions of Americans last year, a sampling of financial disclosure statements showed Wednesday. The economic downturn also sparked some cautionary moves.

Possible compromise emerges in health care debate (AP) Posted: 10 Jun 2009 04:47 PM PDT AP - A potential compromise emerged Wednesday on one of the most vexing issues of the health care overhaul debate — whether to create a new government-sponsored health plan to compete with private insurers.

Officials want more pressure on human trafficking (AP) Posted: 10 Jun 2009 02:44 PM PDT AP - The Obama administration and Sen. Chuck Schumer want to step up pressure on human-trafficking operations by taking away their safe houses.

Huckabee warns Republicans against 'mushy middle' (AP) Posted: 10 Jun 2009 05:06 PM PDT AP - Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee warned Republicans Wednesday against moving to the "mushy middle," arguing that only clearly stated conservative policies can bring the party back to power.

Obama shocked by Holocaust shooting (AP) Posted: 10 Jun 2009 04:04 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama says he is shocked by the shooting at the Holocaust museum near the White House.

Holocaust Museum to close in slain guard's honor (AP) Posted: 10 Jun 2009 03:50 PM PDT AP - The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum will be closed Thursday in tribute to the museum guard who was shot and killed by a gunman.

Matthews thanks McAuliffe for test case (Politico) Posted: 10 Jun 2009 03:35 PM PDT Politico - MSNBC's Chris Matthews jokingly thanked Terry McAuliffe Wednesday for validating that the "Hardball" host made the right choice in not running for the Senate.

Democrats to let detainees in U.S. for trial: aides (Reuters) Posted: 10 Jun 2009 03:31 PM PDT Reuters - In a partial reprieve for President Barack Obama, congressional Democrats plan to allow detainees held in the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to be brought onto U.S. soil for trial, two congressional aides said on Wednesday.

Senate Panel To Vote on Federal Election Commission Nominee (CQPolitics.com) Posted: 10 Jun 2009 03:02 PM PDT CQPolitics.com - The Senate Rules and Administration Committee is expected to vote Thursday on the nomination of labor lawyer John J. Sullivan to the Federal Election Commission.

Minn. court orders Coleman to pay $95K to Franken (AP) Posted: 10 Jun 2009 02:47 PM PDT AP - Republican Norm Coleman must pay Democrat Al Franken $94,783 to cover court costs for his appeal of Minnesota Senate election results.

Senators urge FAA to adopt safety recommendation (AP) Posted: 10 Jun 2009 03:30 PM PDT AP - Senators on Wednesday urged the Federal Aviation Administration to implement a 2005 recommendation that airlines be required to check the training histories of pilots they hire, an issue in a February air crash near Buffalo, N.Y.

Mich., Tenn., Wis., compete to build GM small car (AP) Posted: 10 Jun 2009 02:14 PM PDT AP - General Motors Corp. said Wednesday it could build its new small car in Michigan, Tennessee or Wisconsin. A decision is expected in weeks.

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